<<No 58 : November 1980>> & of Terleckas and Sasnauskas (58.11) * The Trial of Statkevičius, August 1980 On 8 and 11 August, in Vilnius, the trial took place of Lithuanian Helsinki Group member Algirdas Statkevičius (b. 1923). Statkevicius himself was not present at the trial. A psychiatric commission had ruled him not responsible (diagnosis: … Continue reading The Trial of Statkevičius, August 1980 (58.10)
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Events in Lithuania, December 1979 (55.6)
<<No 55 : 31 December 1979>> Searches in Vilnius On 24 November three more searches were carried out in connection with Case No. 58 (CCE 54; also ‘Arrests, Searches, Interrogations' in this issue CCE 55.). A group of KGB officials, under the leadership of Lieutenant-Colonel Liniauskas, carried out a search at the flat of Povilas … Continue reading Events in Lithuania, December 1979 (55.6)
Events in Lithuania, Aug 1979 (53.23)
<<No 53 : 1 August 1979>> This section is based largely on material from: (a) the Chronicle of the Lithuanian Catholic Church, No. 38 (1 May 1979); and (b) the journal Ausra, issues 15 (February 1979) and 16 (May 1979). * On 6 April Father Karolis Garuckas, a member of the Lithuanian Helsinki Group, died. … Continue reading Events in Lithuania, Aug 1979 (53.23)
Events In Lithuania, March 1979 (52.10)
<<No 52 : 1 March 1979>> This section is largely based on material from the Chronicle of the Lithuanian Catholic Church, issues 36 and 37; Aušra, issue 14; and Perspektivas, issues 5, 6 and 7. The Arrest of Ragaisis In September 1978 the Lithuanian Supreme Court heard the case of Romualdas Ragaisis, charged with refusing … Continue reading Events In Lithuania, March 1979 (52.10)
Events in Lithuania, August 1976 (41.3)
<<No 41 : 3 August 1976>> (According to information from the Chronicle of the Lithuanian Catholic Church, Nos 22: 18 April 1976, and 23: 16 June 1976.) On 28 November 1975, after a football match in Vilnius won by the local team Zalgiris, a crowd of 2,000 marched twice round the stadium and headed for … Continue reading Events in Lithuania, August 1976 (41.3)
Events in Lithuania, May 1976 (40.10)
<< No 40 : 20 May 1976 >> Issue 2 (42) of the journal Ausra (Dawn), dated 16 February 1976, has come out. Its table of contents includes the following: Declaration of Lithuanian independence; New doses of russification at school; Mindaugas Tamonis; The spirit of Muravyov’s epoch; When was Lithuania a sovereign State? To whom … Continue reading Events in Lithuania, May 1976 (40.10)
Events in Lithuania, March 1976 (39.8)
<< No 39 : 12 March 1976 >> On 8 February 1976 the newspaper Tiesa published the following report: ‘For services to the consolidation of socialist legality and active participation in public life, Mikolas Ignotas, member of the supreme Court of the Lithuanian SSR, has been awarded the Honorary Diploma of the Supreme Court of … Continue reading Events in Lithuania, March 1976 (39.8)
Events in Lithuania, Sept 1975 (37.7)
<<No 37 : 30 September 1975>> The information in this section is largely based on issue 17 of the Chronicle of the Lithuanian Catholic Church. * The Trial of Nijole Sadunaite On 16 and 17 June 1975 the Supreme Court of the Lithuanian SSR heard Case 416 which had been separated from Case 345 and … Continue reading Events in Lithuania, Sept 1975 (37.7)